Sundust Mine & Mill

Prospect in Baca county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141758
MAS/MILS ID 0080090007
Record type Site
Current site name Sundust Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.0583, 37.27724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baca(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Utleyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kim(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Baca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ogallala Fm

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1970

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: SUNDUST MNG. & MLG. CO 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.